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After a good, long run, we have decided to close our forums in an effort to refocus attention to other sections of the site. Fortunately for you all, we're living in a time where discussion of a favorite topic now has a lot of homes. So we encourage you all to bring your ravenous love for discussion to Chuck's official Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram. And, as always, you can still post comments on all News updates. Thank you for your loyalty and passion over the years. These changes will happen June 1.

Normally it would be nothing but nonstop rain. Going back and forth from pouring to misting and everything in between but never really ceasing aside from the rare dry over cast day and the even rarer clear sky day or two. This season starts in late October/early November and hits full force in January then does not abate until mid to late June, in normal years.

But this year has been the dryest I remember since I was pregnant with Lily (2005). It has been in the fifties and sunny or partially sunny with no rain for weeks on end, just the occasional rainy day then back to the warmth and sun.

I suppose fifties with partial sun does not sound warm and dry to most, but it is a rare treat around here this time of year, so far north and at the edge of the Willamette Valley right in the cusp of two major seaward rivers and four or five minor ones, to have a year like this is so lovely.

Zara has non crop tops, but a lot of their shirts seem really boxy at the moment, if you're into that. You could probably find something on ASOS, or H&M, American Apparel? I dunno, how much do you want to spend?

Have any of you lovely ladies read The Rules? My workmate brought it in for me to read/laugh at.

I feel that it may be a little insensitive to be reading this book whilst already in a committed relationship, but the concept is so hilarious....

The rules:
1.Be a “Creature Unlike Any Other"
2.Don't Talk to a Man First (and Don't Ask Him to Dance)
3.Don't Stare at Men or Talk Too Much
4.Don't Meet Him Halfway or Go Dutch on a Date
5.Don't Call Him and Rarely Return His Calls
6.Always End Phone Calls First
7.Don't Accept a Saturday Night Date after Wednesday
8.Fill Up Your Time before the Date
9.How to Act on Dates 1, 2, and 3
10.How to Act on Dates 4 through Commitment Time
11.Always End the Date First
12.Stop Dating Him if He Doesn't Buy You a Romantic Gift for Your Birthday or Valentine's Day
13.Don’t See Him More than Once or Twice a Week
14.No More than Casual Kissing on the First Date
15.Don't Rush into Sex and Other Rules for Intimacy
16.Don't Tell Him What to Do
17.Let Him Take the Lead
18.Don't Expect a Man to Change or Try to Change Him
19.Don’t Open Up Too Fast
20.Be Honest but Mysterious
21.Accentuate the Positive and Other Rules for Personal Ads
22.Don’t Live with a Man (or Leave Your Things in His Apartment)
23.Don't Date a Married Man
24.Slowly Involve Him in Your Family and Other Rules for Women with Children
25.Practice, Practice, Practice! (or, Getting Good at The Rules)
26.Even if You're Engaged or Married, You Still Need The Rules
27.Do The Rules, Even when Your Friends and Parents Think It's Nuts
28.Be Smart and Other Rules for Dating in High School
29.Take Care of Yourself and Other Rules for Dating in College
30.Next! and Other Rules for Dealing with Rejection
31.Don't Discuss The Rules with Your Therapist
32.Don't Break The Rules
33.Do The Rules and You’ll Live Happily Ever After!
34.Love Only Those Who Love You
35.Be Easy to Live With

Someone gave me that book when i was single and then a few months later James asked me to marry him.

I am pretty sure that the two were unrelated, as I followed none of the rules. I read the book and realsied how sick I was of playing stupid games and then completely cut him out and ignored him for a month or two, next thing I knew I had a husband.

I'm pretty stoked with my new perfume, even if I really shouldn't have spent so much on it. But I wasn't stupid about it, I ordered samples and tested out a few different perfumes to make sure I could wear it without getting a headache (or without the scent changing to something awful while on my skin), so I knew I liked it.

Holy crap.
Just the other day, I associated perfume with Amber, when daydreaming about favorite perfumes. Because many of the best have an amber note, and most perfumes are amber colored.
That train of thought occurred because, I got my mom a pink colored perfume for her birthday, and thought the color was unusual.
Then I was like, I should post that, but she might think I'm obsessing over her and being weird.

Glad others associate Amber with perfume and jewelry.

Just check, my perfume is pink too. Shows you how much I pay attention to that stuff these days. Apparently I grabbed Pink Chiffon by Bath and Body.
Next time I'll get something that smells like vanilla cupcakes. Because that scent works on me.

and a small 5ml sample of this, which I'm going to buy after the Mademoiselle is gone

I may go for the Midnight Poison though, it doesn't smell as sweet.

I've noticed that no matter what I do, the flowers and scents I love in real life are the ones contained by the perfumes I like to wear. Freesia, rose, tuberose, bergamot... the Dior ones have bergamot and they smell lovely, too bad there's a hint of vanilla at the base, which makes for the sweetness.

I like spicey scents. I'm wearing a Kat Von Dee scent right now. She has 4 different ones. Poetica, which is is sweet and flowery. Sinner is what I'm wearing right now and it's spice scent, but very soft. She has one that is in a white bottle (can't remember the name of this and the next) it reminds me of a cans, almost cotton candy scent with a sweet hint to it. The last one is in a black and red bottle and is my all time favorite. I can't hardly explains the scent. It has a lot of spice with a dull sweet smell that you get towards the end that pulls the spice all the way through.
I would guess that is a very confusing description of a fragrance. I also love the women's Prada that is the green one.

Next time I'll get something that smells like vanilla cupcakes. Because that scent works on me.

You should try this

Was my go to perfume until I broke the spray part of the bottle. It's a really nice vanilla with a little extra something from the apricot. It can be pricey on some websites, but I got mine on amazon for about $35. I think the same brand has one called Vanille Extreme or something if you want a regular vanilla scent.

A couple of months ago I bought a pack of 5 small bottles of Giorgio Armani scents for women.

Code and Mania are my favorites.

I really like having a pack of different small bottles of one brand! You get to switch it up a lot, and I don't use them up as fast as I thought I would. Definitely buying another pack again when these are empty.

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